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gemma4:26b-nvfp4

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

May 25, 2026 · Apple M4 Pro

gemma3:12b

OLLAMA GGUF

gemma3 · 12.2B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 2, 2026 · Apple M4

Global Score
85 vs 80
Hardware Fit
80 vs 83
Quality Score
87 vs 78

Hardware

gemma4:26b-nvfp4 gemma3:12b
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Air
CPUApple M4 ProApple M4
Cores1410
RAM48 GB32 GB
GPUApple M4 ProApple M4
OSmacOS 26.4.1macOS 26.3
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

gemma4:26b-nvfp4 gemma3:12b
Tokens/sec65.712.7
First chunk233 msN/A
TTFT30.0 s560 ms
Load time5.0 s2.8 s
Memory usage15.2 GB11.0 GB
Memory %32%34%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
30/30

gemma3:12b

Speed
23/50
TTFT
30/20
Memory
30/30

Quality

gemma4:26b-nvfp4

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
15/20
Instruction
16/20
Structured
15/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Adequate Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

gemma3:12b

Reasoning
14/20
Coding
19/20
Instruction
13/20
Structured
15/15
Math
7/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Adequate Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Adequate Structured Output: Strong Math: Weak Multilingual: Strong

Run yours and compare

$ npm install -g metrillm@latest
$ metrillm

Requires Node 20+ and Ollama or LM Studio running

Or run without installing: npx metrillm@latest